Here in The Good Land I made my place beside the still waters. I became a tiller of the soil, a keeper of the flocks, and a hater of pigs.

Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures in The Good Land is largely a fish out of water tale about how I eventually found my footing on a small farm in an Amish town. We are a mostly organic, somewhat self sufficient, sustainable farm in Ohio. There's action and adventure and I'll always tell you the truth about farming.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Taking Up The Taters

We've been taking up the 'taters! Nothing compares to fresh, new potatoes right from your garden. Whether its from the heat, or my early planting, the potatoes are ready to be harvested. Sure I could keep them in the ground a bit longer to cure.. but nah..... I just love the tender, thin skins and the fresh and delicious taste.

Remember that the best thing about harvesting potatoes is that it preps your bed for fall gardening. All that straw is a bit composted down and all that digging helps loosen the soil. I'll do a quick pass with the tiller, rake off any weeds, and then plant carrots, beets, and turnips in these beds.

And now, I need to head outside. We have heat warnings again and are look at another 100*+ heat index. But first I'm going to fry up some of our bacon until its crispy, dice up some of our purple onions, mix with mayo and mustard, and stir in some of the taters I boiled until tender. That, friends, is how you make potato salad OFG style.

Looks like you are having a great potato harvest this year. We plant some potatoes early in the spring so that we have some for summer eating. But most of our potatoes don't go in until Mid May so they won't really be ready until mid September.

I love potatoes but for some reason I've never gained a real taste for potato salad.

Mine's one I learnt to make while in Germany. Diced onion and gerkins with your sliced potato. Add some sakt and pepper then pour in some liquid from the gerkin jar. Mix up and stash in the fridge overnight. Day of serve, mix in some mayo. The prewetting with the gerkin juice means you don't need as much mayo, which is why I like this recipe as I'm not a huge fan of mayo

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In my previous life I was a fussy, type-a tech gal..and now.. now here I am in the flyover zone on a farm. I gave up my Big Life and I became a tiller of the soil, a keeper of the flocks, and a hater of pigs.

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